May 16, 2010: Slaves of All – Michael Hidalgo and Steve Cohen

Today, slavery is wrong. There are few who would say differently. Yet Paul does not come right out and say that slavery is wrong. A few things to keep in mind (not that any of these things make slavery right). First, slavery in the Roman world was much different than slavery as we have seen in American history from our founding right up until today. Second, some of these slaves worked for Christian owners. So what do we make of this?

 

We will spend time looking at abolitionist theology and the perspective of those who were slaves. With slavery being a large human rights issue today, what can we do and how should we think about this so as to make a difference?